VPN: GA-990XA-UD3
Product ReviewsGIGABYTE GA-990XA-UD3 ATX AMD Motherboard
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 Rating: Review Date: 01/06/13  |
Cons: none
Pros: Easy Setup, plus a AM3+ for cheap |
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Rating: Review Date: 01/03/13 |
Cons: Some features are lacking
Pros: Good priceQualitySimple bios layout Comment:
Not a big fan of gigabyte motherboard (prefer Asus or MSI) but the price was good among AM3+ mobos. Able to OC without any effort on this mobo with simple/straight forward bios layout. |
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Rating: Review Date: 12/22/12 |
Cons: None
Pros: -Performance-Price-Features-SLI & Crossfire ready Comment:
-I got this motherboard to replace my 3 Year old Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3 rev.2.0 motherboard, This motherboard preforms very well. it is compatible with my Phenom II x6 1100T from my Previous build. This review was modfied by poster @ 12-31-12 01:51 PM |
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Rating: Review Date: 10/20/12 |
Cons: none
Pros: Great layoutfuture proof AM3+ Cheap Comment:
Use this for a friend's build. Great mobo for the price. |
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Rating: Review Date: 10/20/12 |
Cons: No IDE ports (so might not make a good upgrade board).
Pros: Great board. Lost of USB and Sata ports. Bios come ready for newer AMD processors (bulldozer). Comment:
Great board for a very powerful value PC. Three PCI-E ports to support both SLI and Crossfire. Lots of space. Old style bios (which may be a feature to some people). Lots of overclocking options in the bios too...although I haven't tested. |
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Rating: Review Date: 10/20/12 |
Cons: Couldn't find any yet
Pros: Easy to install and setup Comment:
Bought this for my first build and i can say that i don't regret it one bit ! The provided instruction and user manual is well explained and will provide you most of the knowledge needed to get started. It has lots of great features and that is the reason this motherboard was selected. Updating the BIOS was a breeze . No cons found yet ! I does the job it was purchased for . I definitely recommend this motherboard to anyone . |
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Rating: Review Date: 10/08/12 |
Cons: Boot is a bit fast (read summary)
Pros: Lots of ports, great budget case., plenty of BIOS settings. Comment:
The boot on this motherboard is wicked fast, which is a great thing! But at the same time, the window for pressing a function key is a lot smaller.Great motherboard, plenty of ports! |
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Rating: Review Date: 08/10/12 |
Cons: None
Pros: Nice design , good color , good up grade Comment:
Recently bought & installed , way better than my last mother board , good value for the money , i would buy again . |
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Rating: Review Date: 06/21/12 |
Cons: aucun probleme pour le moment
Pros: Pas cher, fonctionne bien! Comment:
La motherboard n'est pas dispendieuse et elle fonctionne super bien pour le moment. |
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Rating: Review Date: 06/04/12 |
Cons: Very Good-Would Purchase Again works with FX CPU 8Core just fine
Pros: Very Good-Would Purchase Again works with FX CPU 8Core just fine Comment:
Very Good-Would Purchase Again works with FX CPU 8Core just fine |
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Rating: Review Date: 05/02/12 |
Cons: for some reason the gigabyte raid drivers wont load when trying to install windows. windows sees the drivers as not applicable to the hardware. cant seem to figure this out even tried the drivers from gigabytes website
Pros: 8phase power a upgrade from my old 890gx board with 4phase. nice features and good lay out for pci cards. Comment:
will wright another review later if i can get the raid to work and actually install windows |
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Rating: Review Date: 03/22/12 |
Cons: No direct IDE port
Pros: AffordablePCI-E x16 slotlots of other slotsUSB charging with PC turned off Comment:
A good motherboard with support for the modern AM3/AM3+ AMD CPU's. Stable and easy to configure. A good mobo monitoring utility included. I like that you can charge through USB port while the PC is turned off. Of course I bought this for SATA III and USB 3 support as well. |
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Rating: Review Date: 03/09/12 |
Cons: -had to update bios but, not a big deal
Pros: -stable (after bios update)-works Comment:
I love this mobo. Works awesome with my AMD Phenom II x6 1090T. I think it's well laid out for connecting fans, sata locations, etc... Had to update the bios because it kept crashing on me. After that, it ran smooth! |
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Rating: Review Date: 03/06/12 |
Cons: none
Pros: PerformanceEasy to use Comment:
Easy to use and easy to OC. Very happy with this. Getting cheap ram doesn't hurt either |
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Rating: Review Date: 02/28/12 |
Cons: Only one PCI-e x16 (the other is x8)
Pros: USB 3.06 SATA 3 connectorsAwesome BIOS Comment:
I bought this bundled with a AMD Phenom II X6 1055T Thuban 6 Core Processor and I find they work great together. It is very easy to overclock because of the excellent BIOS. I have my CPU overclocked 30%. It has lots of USB ports which is a bonus. It has 6 SATA 3 connectors which means you can easily hook up many things to these very fast,6Gbps ports. Comes with a flexible, black SLI cable, which is great. And comes with 4 SATA cables. Noticeable is the fact that there is only 4 fan connectors. You can hook fans up straight to power with the adapters but they are then not monitored and controlled by the motherboard. If you have a lot of fans like me, then 4 runs out too fast. One big Con about this board is that there is only 1 x16 PCI-e slot. The other ones are x8, x4 and x1 so if you do Crossfire or SLI two video cards, it will be at the slower x8 and not x16. Not that the difference very noticeable anyway. But it is a bummer. I do like this board very much and it's a great purchase for the price. |
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Rating: Review Date: 02/12/12 |
Cons: non so-far
Pros: detailed instruction in installing processors, which is good for 1st time pc builder Comment:
fits the new video card amd7950 with w0w 3d mark. Good for 1st time pc builders |
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Rating: Review Date: 01/26/12 |
Cons: external SATA brackets not included. My older Gigabyte had them
Pros: - AM3+- USB3- SATA3- RAID- design and layout- and the price Comment:
An excellent motherboard with fits well with my new 1055T (had before an x3 running on). Bought it initially for the Bulldozer but I better wait for revised Bulldozer CPU's. Nothing to complain about this board, it's specially great for overclocking. |
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Rating: Review Date: 01/22/12 |
Cons: None
Pros: Lots of features and easy to tweak. Comment:
I have this paired with a 1055T and they work well together. I have had no problem overclocking to 3.8 and 4 ghz should be easy to do with a little more time and tweaking. |
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Rating: Review Date: 01/12/12 |
Cons: -Retention bracket limits my Xigmatec 1283 to either up or down position (Really bummed about this)-Bios CPU voltage seems to be posessed-Manual is of little to no help with Tweaking option definitions
Pros: -Great layout-Ditched IDE; room for more important things (Finally!)-Usb ports out the ying yang-Crossfire AND SLI!!! (AMD cpu fan, but Nvidia fan aswell)-Great onboard sound-Great bios Comment:
-Very disappointed with CPU voltage in bios. At stock it set my 1055T t 1.325v. I added .125v to overclock to 4GHz, only to boot up at 1.58v!!! That is unforgivable, it could have fried my 1055T on the spot. I can`t trust the bios to do what I specify (yes turbo core was disabled....) BIG CON. If someone can tell me the error of my ways, i will happily redo my review, til then boo urns |
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Rating: Review Date: 12/31/11 |
Cons: Realtek ALC889 sound cards are annoying.Would have liked to seen better processor support.
Pros: excellent construction motherboard looks beautiful.Supports 32 gigs of RAM out-of-the-box not bad for a budget board.Support for AMD CrossFireX™ and NVIDIA SLI™ Comment:
This is an excellent budget motherboard great motherboard for beginner or an enthusiast.This motherboard is www.GrizzlyPC.com approved |
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Rating: Review Date: 12/23/11 |
Cons: USB keyboard initializes too late
Pros: Great BIOS, lots of expansion Comment:
I love it. The only thing to complain about is that keyboard initializes too late, most of the time, to get into BIOS. The BIOS itself is amazing. Lots of options to overclock your CPU and memory (I haven't done that since I have no need, yet, to oc). Has enough of fan hook ups for three fans, which made me happy. The built-in audio and network adapters are actually pretty good. |
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Rating: Review Date: 12/20/11 |
Cons: -Shouldve waited for black friday
Pros: -All new features you need-Gigabyte quality Comment:
Great motherboard offering everything you need to be able to keep it for a long time (AM3+, USB 3.0 and SATA3). PCIE X16 is unique on this board, where the other pcie runs at X8 when on crossfire mode, this might be an issue for the ultra picky people out there, but its generally unnoticeable. Great buy, don't go any cheaper than this. |
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Rating: Review Date: 12/08/11 |
Cons: Would prefer a black color scheme for the pcb
Pros: Great price-AM3+-USB3-SATA3-XFire-SLI Comment:
I bought this during Black Friday with a X6 1055t for 239$ and I must say, I'm really happy with my purchase. This motherboard is packed with tones of features. It might not have a UEFI BIOS, but you have a lot of setting option. |
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Rating: Review Date: 12/08/11 |
Cons: none
Pros: -Very good board-8+2 power phase good for overclocking-Lots of USB connector-Easy Bios-4 ram slots which supports up to 32gb!-3 pci-express slots with 2 gpu compatability (SLI and Crossfire) Comment:
I bought this board at a very good price. It will be able to do everything i plan on doing with my computer (OC and Crossfire). Couldn't be happier. I recommend this board to anyone. |
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Rating: Review Date: 12/07/11 |
Cons: none so far
Pros: Stable, Build quality is very good. Comment:
I upgraded from a gigabyte ud2h-gma that i won from gigabyte to this board and first and for most i didn't have to do a install everything transferred no problems windows wise. This is most def a better and more stable board i am really happy that i bought it. It was absolutely no problems to do the upgrade software or hardware wise. |
this my 3 Gigabyte broad, very good and as always no problem works like charm